EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — HFF has arranged a $125 million refinancing for Plaza El Segundo, a 380,558-square-foot shopping center located roughly 20 miles outside Los Angeles in El Segundo. The center is 97 percent leased and comprises 13 buildings in three shopping districts: The Plaza, The Collection and The Edge. Tenants at the center include Whole Foods Market, Dick’s Sporting Goods, lululemon athletica, Anthropologie and Salt Creek Grill. Kevin MacKenzie and Matthew Stewart of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Federal Realty, to secure the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through PGIM Real Estate Finance.
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TEMPE, ARIZ. — Bridge Investment Group has purchased the 659-unit Onnix apartment property in Tempe for $77 million. The community is located at 1440 and 1500 E. Broadway Road. Onnix was built in 1984, one mile from a Valley Metro light rail station. It was developed in two phases as the 375-unit Onnix West and the 284-unit Onnix East. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and institutional seller in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — BCBG Max Azria Group LLC (BCBG) and some of its affiliates have agreed on a comprehensive restructuring that will consider the sale of substantially all the assets of the company to Marquee Brands LLC and Global Brands Group Holding Limited through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan. Consummation of the transactions with Marquee and Global Brands is expected to immediately follow approval by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York with an expected closing date no later than July 31. According to BCBG, Marquee and Global Brands intend to continue to operate a substantial majority of BCBG’s core businesses. Marquee will acquire the intellectual property associated with the BCBG brand and Global Brands will acquire certain of the assets associated with the operation of the BCBG business. Global Brands will operate the wholesale operations, select retail stores and e-commerce platform of the BCBG brands. Founded in 1989, BCBG Max Azria Group is a label sold online, in freestanding boutiques and partner shops at top department stores across the globe. Marquee Brands is a brand acquisition, licensing and development company. Global Brands Group Holding Limited is a branded apparel, footwear and fashion accessories companies.
SAN DIEGO — A high-net-worth individual has acquired a 40,000-square-foot office building that is fully leased to the University of Southern California (USC) for $12.5 million. The building is located at 9860 Mesa Rim Road. USC’s Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, which is a part of the Keck School of Medicine, occupies the property. It was built in 2000. The 1031 exchange buyer plans to keep the property as a long-term investment. CBRE’s Matt Pourcho, Gary Stache, Anthony DeLorenzo and Mark Shaffer represented the seller, Washington Capital Management, in this transaction.
DDR, Madison International Realty Close $1.05B Recapitalization of DDR Domestic Retail Fund I
by John Nelson
BEACHWOOD, OHIO — Beachwood-based DDR Corp. and an affiliate of Madison International Realty have closed the $1.05 billion recapitalization of a joint venture with 52 shopping centers previously owned by DDR and various partners through the DDR Domestic Retail Fund I. Madison International Real Estate Liquidity Fund VI, an investment fund managed by Madison International Realty, acquired 80 percent of the common equity of the joint venture and an affiliate of DDR retained 20 percent. The portfolio, totaling 7 million square feet, consists primarily of grocery-anchored shopping centers located predominantly in Florida and the Southeastern U.S., and was originally formed in 2007. Three properties previously held by the partnership have been excluded from the recapitalization and are being held in a separate joint venture with the previous partners of DDR Domestic Retail Fund I, including DDR. The recapitalization includes the repayment of all outstanding mortgage debt previously held by the partnership with a new $707 million mortgage loan secured by the 52 assets. DDR will continue to provide leasing and management services.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arden Group has purchased the BB&T Center, a 22-story, 567,835-square-foot office tower located on 200 S. College St. in uptown Charlotte. The Philadelphia-based investment firm purchased the property through its discretionary fund affiliate, Arden Real Estate Partners II LP, for $148.5 million, according to The Charlotte Observer. HFF brokered the transaction, and Starwood Property Trust Inc. provided acquisition financing. Arden plans to invest $10 million in capital improvements to modernize the common areas and building systems. Charlotte-based commercial real estate firm Trinity Partners will handle the office leasing, property and project management. BB&T, AIG, TekSystems, AeroTek and Ring Central Inc. are among the building’s current tenants.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Kirco and its construction management affiliate Kirco Manix, in partnership with Phoenix Senior Living and EDT Inc., has broken ground on The Bluffs at Greystone, a 132-unit senior housing community in Birmingham. The community will provide both independent and assisted living and will be designed to include memory care units in the future. Slated to open in July 2018, the property will feature an indoor pool, wellness center, dining, beauty salon, yoga studio and demonstration kitchen. The project marks Kirco’s entrance into the senior living sector in the state of Alabama.
ALPHARETTA, GA — Terra Cap Management LLC has closed on the $47 million acquisition of Deerfield and Windward Pointe, a three building, Class A office portfolio consisting of 336,000 rentable square feet in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta. Located at 12725 and 12735 Morris Road, Deerfield Pointe consists of two four-story office buildings totaling more than 208,000 square feet. The property offers four parking spaces per 1,000 square feet, a fitness center and nearby walkable amenities. Windward Pointe, a five-story, 131,732-square-foot building located at 5900 Windward Parkway, was opened in 1997 and renovated in 2014. Lincoln Property Co. Southeast was awarded leasing for the properties, while Crocker Partners LLC will remain in place for property management. Florida Community Bank provided acquisition financing and Samir Idris of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Natixis has provided a $39 million floating-rate, first mortgage loan to Washington, D.C.-based Excel Group for the acquisition of the 200-room Hyatt Place hotel located in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The 14-story, LEED Silver-certified hotel was constructed in 2014. Designed by Cooper Carry Inc., the property features a restaurant and lounge, 1,600 square feet of meeting space, an outdoor pool, fitness center and a business center. Excel’s current portfolio consists of 18 hospitality assets totaling over 2,200 rooms located throughout the eastern United States.
NEW YORK CITY — Paramount Group has completed a $300 million refinancing for 712 Fifth Avenue, an office building located in the Plaza District of New York City. The new 10-year, interest-only loan matures in July 2027 and has a fixed rate of 3.39 percent. The net proceeds of the loan were used to repay the existing $246.5 million loan that bears interest at 4.41 percent and was scheduled to mature in March 2018. The building features 543,000 square feet of Class A office space. Eastdil Secured arranged the financing for the borrower.